Documents

What's in each phase?

Timeline item 1 - complete

1. Baseline Assessment

The Baseline Assessment phase includes the project initiation and data collection. Demographics, physical conditions, market & fiscal standings, and current conditions & needs will be analyzed and summarized to form the basis of the Comprehensive Plan.
Date: September 2024 - February 2025
Timeline item 2 - complete

2. Capacity Building

The Capacity Building phase includes building local champions of the Plan, developing branding, launching the project, and hosting a kickoff meeting with the Steering Committee.
Date: December 2024 - March 2025
Timeline item 3 - complete

3. Vision & Values

The Vision & Values phase creates a 20-year vision for the Plan, holds Community Planning Week to receive public feedback, identifies community value statements, defines core planning principles, and develops a framework of placetypes.
Date: March - Mid-April 2025
Timeline item 4 - active

4. Draft Plan Development

The Draft Plan phase will develop placetypes and additional framework plans, perform an analysis on return on investment for placetype and framework plans, and draft Plan policies & recommendations.
Date: April - October 2025
Timeline item 5 - incomplete

5. Final Plan Development

During the Final Plan phase, the draft plan will be created, and an Open House will be held to present the Plan and receive additional public feedback.
Date: October - November 2025
Timeline item 6 - incomplete

6. Preparation for Adoption

The Adoption process includes presenting the Plan with Westfield's Advisory Plan Commission and City Council, if passed, the Comprehensive Plan will be enacted.
Date: November 2025 - January 2026
Timeline item 7 - incomplete

7. Final Deliverables

The Final Deliverables phase includes reproductions of the final Comprehensive Plan, delivery of the Plan and all electronic files to the City of Westfield, training city staff and Advisory Plan Commission on using the Plan.
Date: February 2026

Phase 1

Baseline Assessment

Project initiation and data collection, demographics, physical conditions analysis, market & fiscal analysis, and current conditions & needs analysis

Supporting and Previously Completed Studies

Phase 2

Capacity Building

Winter Farmers Market (February 8, 2025)

Boards
PDF (4.55 MB)

Pastry with a Planner (March 18, 2025)

Presentation
PDF (4.24 MB)

Public Mapping Exercise (Now Closed for Comment)

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Phase 3

Vision & Values

Community Planning Week (April 14 - 17, 2025)

Monday Open House (April 14, 2025)

Boards from the April 14th public open house.

Thursday Open House (April 17, 2025)

Boards from the April 17th public open house.

Online Public Workshop (April 17 - May 27, 2025)

Phase 4

Draft Plan Development

Planning in progress...

Westfield Comprehensive Plan